V-22 Osprey in FSD

[troy]

I seen a V-22 here in Sioux Falls today, interesting piece of equipment. Guess the USMC is going ahead and continuing with the project even with the prototype's past history of crashes.

 

[2000flyer]

I seen a V-22 here in Sioux Falls today, interesting piece of equipment. Guess the USMC is going ahead and continuing with the project even with the prototype's past history of crashes.

We have quite a few drop in at our southeast airport. Mainly shooting approaches of various types. I thought they are out of Beaufort, but not sure.

 

[FN FAL]

While on a 135 trip to some airport down in Missouri 6 or so years ago, one of those V-22's passed 1,000 beneath me in cruise flight. It was kind of weird looking, like a pair of flying windmills.

 

[paulsalem]

Disregard

 

[FlyingSkip]

The ones previous had been test/evaluation platforms---the first operational MV-22 was delivered to the Marines in December '05. They are based out of MCAS New River (part of Camp Lejeune, basically) which is where the training squadron, maintenance school etc is. They're neat technology, but one of the reasons I got out was so I wouldn't have to fly them---they'll kill a lot of people getting the bugs out just like the CH-53E did, IMHO. I knew both pilots and the crew chief on the crash that shut the program down years ago---"I died perfecting a new airframe" is a helluva inscription to leave on your tombstone. Although, I guess it's better than "Hey y'all, watch this...!"

 

[zamboni9]

We get there here at KSBY in Maryland all the time.

 

[Occam's Razor]

I knew both pilots and the crew chief on the crash that shut the program down years ago---"I died perfecting a new airframe" is a helluva inscription to leave on your tombstone. Although, I guess it's better than "Hey y'all, watch this...!"

Brian "Baltimore" James was in my TBS company/platoon. He was a good man, who loved flying that "cutting edge" airplane.

Aeronautical advancement is paid for with blood.